I have bet on countless of hands of chemin de fer. I started working my way into the casinos when I was still underage. I have gambled on online vingt-et-un, I have counted cards, and worked as part of a team for a short time. With all that said I have still spent a lot of funds at 21. The casinos have made it nearly impossible to defeat the house.

I still enjoy the game and play on a regular basis. Over this time period I have enjoyed a variation of 21 called "The Take it Leave it Method". You will not get flush with this method or defeat the house, still you will experience an abundance of fun. This tactic is founded on the idea that blackjack appears to be a match of streaks. When you are on fire your on fire, and when you are not you are NOT!

I play basic strategy twenty-one. When I don’t win I bet the table minimum on the next hand. If I don’t win again I bet the table minimum on the next hand again etc. As soon as I win I take the payout paid to me and I bet the initial bet again. If I win this hand I then keep in play the winnings paid to me and now have double my original bet on the table. If I succeed again I take the payout paid to me, and if I win the next hand I leave it for a total of four times my original wager. I keep betting this way "Take it Leave it etc". Once I do not win I lower the bet back down to the original bet.

I am very strict and do not back out. It gets extremely fun sometimes. If you win a few hands in series your wagers go up very fast. Before you know it you are betting $100-200/ hand. I have had great streaks a couple of times now. I left a $5 table at the Wynn a number of years ago with $750 after 35 minutes using this technique! And a few months ago in Sin City I left a table with $1200!

You need to understand that you can squander much faster this way too!. But it really makes the game more thrilling. And you will be surprised at the runs you see wagering this way. Here is a chart of what you would bet if you kept winning at a $5 table.

Wager $5
Take $5 paid to you, leave the first 5 dollar bet

Wager 5 dollar
Leave $5 paid to you for a total wager of ten dollar

Wager ten dollar
Take 10 dollar paid to you, leave the initial ten dollar wager

Bet 10 dollar
Leave $10 paid to you for a total wager of $20

Wager 20 dollar
Take twenty dollar paid to you, leave the original 20 dollar bet

Wager $20
Leave twenty dollar paid to you for a total bet of 40 dollar

Bet forty dollar
Take 40 dollar paid-out to you, leave the first forty dollar wager

Bet forty dollar
Leave 40 dollar paid to you for a total bet of $80

Wager 80 dollar
Take $80 paid-out to you, leave the initial $80 wager

Bet 80 dollar
Leave 80 dollar paid-out to you for a total wager of one hundred and sixty dollar

Wager 160 dollar
Take one hundred and sixty dollar paid-out to you, leave the initial 160 dollar wager

If you departed at this moment you would be up three hundred and fifteen dollars !!

It’s herculean to go on a streak this long, but it can happen. And when it does you can’t alter and drop your wager or the end result won’t be the same.